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JAPAN D-Matk Leads 2007 NEC Friday, February 9, 2007 Editors: Rich Colker, Barry Rigal Bulletin Number 3 JAPAN D-MaTK Leads 2007 NEC Cup With two matches left to play, three healthy Day-Two wins left JAPAN D-MaTK (Kazuo Furuta, Chen Dawei, Masayuki Ino, Tadashi Imakura) the leaders of the 2007 NEC Cup with 123 VP. Two blitzes and a loss were enough to move POLAND/RUSSIA (Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki, Andrei Gromov, Alexander Dubinin) from sixth to second place with 115 VPs. And three wins also sufficed to lift OzOne-Bridge (Bob Richman, Zoli Nagy, Michael Prescott, Paul Marston) from seventh to third place with 114 VPs. CHINA SMEG and CHINA-Beijing, yesterday’s leaders, have 113 VPs and 112 VPs, respectively, to round out the top five. Going into today’s final two matches six more teams have scores ranging from 109 to 105, queued up right behind the leaders, so there’s no rest for the weary as all eight qualifying spots are still up for grabs. The complete Day-One rankings are shown below; individual results of the second three matches may be found on pages 4-5. NEC Cup: Standings After Day Two (Six Matches) Rank Team VPs Rank Team VPs Rank Team VPs 1 JAPAN D-MaTK 123 17 VEGA* 95 33/34 JAPAN 2x4 82 2 POLAND/RUSSIA 115 18 THE LATIN 94 33/34 JAPAN Kitty's 82 3 OzOne 114 19 IRELAND 93 35/36 JAPAN Friends 79 4 CHINA SMEG 113 20/21 JAPAN Symmetry 91 35/36 JAPAN NAITO 79 5 CHINA Beijing 112 20/21 INDIA-Tolani Shipping 91 37 JAPAN MARUYAMA 77 6 JAPAN SKOTII 109 22 JAPAN WOMBAT+ 90 38 JAPAN PS-Jack 76 7 POLAND 108 23 JAPAN makko 89 39 JAPAN ESPERANZA 73 8 JAPAN Shy Ant 107 24 JAPAN LAS FLORES 88 40/41 JAPAN Rhein 69 9/10 ENGLAND+ (Hackett) 106 25 JAPAN KOJIMA 87 40/41 JAPAN SunFlowers 69 9/10 ISRAEL 106 26/27 JAPAN CHARADE 86 42 JAPAN BIRD 66 11 NETHERLANDS 105 26/27 JAPAN MINK 86 43/44 JAPAN Honey Hunt 65 12/13 HELMAN Bridge Mag 99 28/29 JAPAN Kimura@Yoko 85 43/44 JAPAN KinKi 65 12/13 JAPAN YAMADA 99 28/29 JAPAN GIRASOL 85 45 JAPAN progress 62 14 JAPAN momocchi 98 30 KOREA CACTI 84 46 JAPAN MY-Bridge 56 15 JAPAN HANA 97 31/32 JAPAN Youth 83 47 JAPAN Kuzunun Karas48 16 ENGLAND 96 31/32 JAPAN TAJIMA 83 “We can bearly bear the suspense.” Today’s 1st VuGraph match features the teams tied for 10th/11th: ENGLAND (Hackett) vs ISRAEL 1 NEC Cup 2007: Conditions of Contest An 8-round Swiss, qualifying the top 8 teams to the Knockout phase; no playbacks. V.P. Scale WBF 20-board scale (a copy can be found in the score book provided in your NEC Bridge Festival bag). Seating Rights Blind seating 10 minutes before the start of match. KO-Phase Seating The winner of a coin toss has the choice of seating in either of the two 20-board segments. In the four 16-board segments of the final, the choices will alternate over segments. Swiss Pairings First round Swiss matches were made by randomly pairing each team in the top half with a team from the bottom half. Home and visiting 1st numbered team sits N/S in open room, E/W in closed room. Tie-Breaks At the end of the Swiss, ties will be broken by IMP quotient. If more than two teams are involved, WBF 2005 Conditions of Contest procedures will apply. In the Knockout Phase, the team with the higher position from the Swiss will be assumed to have a ½-IMP carryover. Systems No HUM or Brown Sticker methods will be permitted in this event. Length of Matches 2 hours and 50 minutes will be allotted for each 20-board segment (or 2 hours and 20 minutes for each 16-board segment of the final). In addition a 5-minute grace period will be allotted to each team. Overtime and slow play penalties as per WBF 2005 Conditions of Contest. Appeals The WBF Code of Practice will be in effect. The Chief Director will have 12C3 authority. Appeals which are found to be without merit may incur a penalty of up to 3 VPs. Match Scoring Pick-up slips are to be completed and all match results are to be verified against the official result sheet (posted at the end of each match); score corrections and notifications of appeals will be permitted up until the start of the next session. KO Draw The team finishing 1st in the Swiss may choose their opponent from the teams finishing 4th-8th. The team finishing 2nd will have their choice of the remaining teams from the 4th- 8th group. And so on. In addition, before the start of the Knockout Phase and after all quarter-final draws have been determined, the team that finishes 1st in the Swiss chooses their semi-final opponent from any of the other three quarter-final matches. Smoking No player may leave the Annex Hall during play without permission due to security concerns arising from the Bridge Base Online broadcast. NEC Cup Bridge Festival on the Web Follow the action at the 12th NEC Cup Bridge Festival by surfing to: http://www.jcbl.or.jp/game/nec/necfest.html Follow our featured matches on Vugraph each day at: www.bridgebase.com 2 Team Rosters: 12th NEC Cup # Name Members 1 Israel: Migry Zur-Campanile, Michael Barel, Amir Levin, Yaniv Zack 2 Poland: Rafal Jagniewski, Michal Kwiecien, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Radoslaw Kielbasinski (npc) 3 Helman (The Bridge Magazine): Mark Horton, Valio Kovachev, Vladislav Isporski, Victor Aronov, Leonard Helman (PC), Kay Enfield (coach) 4 Hackett: Paul Hackett, Geir Helgemo, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett, John Armstrong 5 INDIA-TOLANI SHIPPING: Ramawatar Agrawal, Archelius Sequeira, Alexander F. 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